Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Clonal architecture in mesothelioma is prognostic and shapes the tumour microenvironment

  • Min Zhang,
  • Jin-Li Luo,
  • Qianqian Sun,
  • James Harber,
  • Alan G. Dawson,
  • Apostolos Nakas,
  • Sara Busacca,
  • Annabel J. Sharkey,
  • David Waller,
  • Michael T. Sheaff,
  • Cathy Richards,
  • Peter Wells-Jordan,
  • Aarti Gaba,
  • Charlotte Poile,
  • Essa Y. Baitei,
  • Aleksandra Bzura,
  • Joanna Dzialo,
  • Maymun Jama,
  • John Le Quesne,
  • Amrita Bajaj,
  • Luke Martison,
  • Jacqui A. Shaw,
  • Catrin Pritchard,
  • Tamihiro Kamata,
  • Nathaniel Kuse,
  • Lee Brannan,
  • Pan De Philip Zhang,
  • Hongji Yang,
  • Gareth Griffiths,
  • Gareth Wilson,
  • Charles Swanton,
  • Frank Dudbridge,
  • Edward J. Hollox,
  • Dean A. Fennell

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21798-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The impact of intratumour heterogeneity on immune surveillance and clinical outcomes has not been adequately explored in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Here the authors analyse the influence of evolution on the survival and immune landscape of MPM patients using multi-region sequencing data.